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Manuel Lisa letters

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Identifier: Vault MSS 529
Scope and Contents

Handwritten manuscripts. Two items are in French; one is a receipt of payment paid by Lisa in behalf of George Drouil. One item is in English and answers a bill of complaint which charges that Lisa bought free men from Jonathon Purcell and made them slaves.

Dates: 1807-1812
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Manuel Lisa letters

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